ANALYSIS OF PERSONAL FEATURES OF PATIENTS WITH APATHY-ADYNAMIC TYPE OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDER

Depression is a mental disorder characterized by pathologically low mood (hypothymia), with a negative pessimistic assessment of oneself, one's own future, and one's position in the world (D. Zubtsov, 2016). Depressive disorders (DD) are of exceptional social importance, as their number is constantly growing in modern conditions, they pose a significant threat to the life and health of the patient, significantly worsen concomitant somatic and mental diseases, increase polymorphism of symptoms, number of hospitalizations, and its frequency. duration, which, accordingly, leads to adverse medical and social consequences. are one of the most common mental disorders. The apathic-adynamic (AA) variant of DD is characterized by a long course, frequent chronicity, and therapeutic resistance. Given that this variant of the course shows the greatest reduction in the adaptive capacity of the individual, patients with apathic-adynamic DD need additional studies of personality characteristics to develop therapeutic strategies.